The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-10-21
CURIOUS FACTS.

The population OF Great Britain Is In.
ereaaing at the rate of 1000 n day.
movement Is In progress In New
York fer the erection of cremaiory
wherein bodies may be incinerated by
electricity The invention l. the device Of
4 siellian.
Corliss, the great engine builder made
no attempt at invention until lac was thirty.
five years old. Ill first effort In this line
was machine for sewing shoes. which
was failure.
ithas been estimated that a pair Of wrens
destroy at least GOO insects day. They
have been observed TO leave their nests
and return with insects from forty 10
sixty times an hour
Marie Antoiuette's iayorite pearl neck.
las roasiaeing Of sixteen rows of pearls
formerly belonging to the crown jewels OF
France, Is now 10 BE- seen In the shop OF
Berlin's chief jewelers.
The monks Of st. Bernard have brought
the telephone into their service of mercy.
The famous hospice i now in teiephonic
communication with the cantine de Proz
and the village of 81. Pierre, ~ also with
the cantlne De Fonlihte and the village OF
st. Cheney on the Italian side.
A big gas well at Paramount, Ind.
caught fire, and slI efforts 10 extinguIsh
the rs foot flame were In vain until three
boys succeeded, They placed section OF
atovepipe over the well. and thea sudden.
ly bent I, over, diverting the flow Of gas
and cutting OF the hams. which was
speedily smothered.
At recent meeting OF tho London An.
thropologieal Institute, DR.. George Harley
sought to prove that the conditions which
have increased mans comfort and atims.
lated his mental faculties have lessened
his vitality and recuperative powers. max.
Ing him more liable TO fatal injuries.
A Norwich. c., newspaper says that In
that city i a man about FIVE feet eight In.
ehes tall. whose beardis 30 long that when
nc stands erect II reaches the fioor and ex.
tends on. from his feet fully twenty inches
The beard Is six feet eight inches long
and up 10 date Is the longes, known
A series Of experiments recently made
BY . French metailurgist are stated to
have proved that steel loses weight BY
rust about twice A. rapidly as cast iron
when exposed 10 moist air. Acidulaied
water was found 10 dissolve east iron
much more rapidly than steel. This would
indicate that steel bridges are lees affect.
ed by the acids contained In the smoke OF
locomotives than iron ones.
Il Il said that the table upon which
Gems Grant and Lee signed the famous
paper q Appomsttox Court House, which
virtually terminated the rebellion, Is now
owned by Mr.. Guniher Of Chicago. who
paid 5000 for H. The original owner
was the widow of Major.Gen. Ord. An
autograph letter from Gen. Grant Is said
- establish It's Identy.
Sumutra has flower which grows TO
nine iees In circumference and weighs IF.
teen pounds.
The eggs of a single sturgeon, counted
by Frank Buekland, numbered 9:i ,6oo,and
weighed forty y-iive pounds.
A new locality OF Fossils has been di 5.
covered on the borders of Braintree and
Quincy. Masa, which produces weil.pre.
served trilohites.
William s. Miller of Charleston. 5. c.,
has Two immense iron shells,saidto be the
frat two shots fred At Battery Wagner at
the beginning OF the war. The shells
wes never exploded. They weigh 200
pounds each.
According TO a London paper Of re.
cent date, noted doctor of that city en-
larges upon his successful treatment of
canccrous tumor with calcium carbonate
In the form of calcined oyster shells. Two
cases arc cited in which speedy and per.
manent cures by the above specific have
been effected. The mode of adrninistra-
tion Is few grains day, taken in warm
water or tea.
An exchange says "Mules and horses
in the far West frequently die of pecu-
liar trouble. The beard of wild oats or
barry becomes fixed in the animals jaw,
and grows there, assisted by the tartar of
the teeth. a caIcareous formation of this
sort, oval in shape and weighing pound
was recently taken from the mouth of an
Oregon horse